BAM 5, 455 (P398166)

Medical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [x ina] _mul4#_ tusz#-[bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga]_
2'. [ina?] _igi# man_ ina _ugu# [esir had2-ra2 gub_-ma]
3'. usz-ta-kal-ma _ku3#-[sig17_ ...]
  single ruling
4'. _DISZ na ki-min_ it-ta-na-[ad-lah it-te-nen-bit,]
5'. _igi-min_-szu2 ir-ru-ru u _uzu#-[mesz_-szu2 ...]
6'. szi-in-na-szu ka#-[li-szi-na ...]
7'. _ninda gu7 kasz nag#_ [...]
8'. ana _lu2 bi zi-ku5#-[ru-da_ ...]
9'. szum-ma _kin#_-[szu2 ...]
10'. la-ma _[te_-szu2-ma ...]
11'. {u2#}ur2-ne2#-[e ...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ni#?
2'. [... i-szam-ma-am?]-szu
3'. _[lu2 bi_ ina _igi? {d}szul-pa]-e3#-a_
4'. [ina _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ rik-su] ra#?-kis-su
5'. [ina _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam inim]-bi# al-til_
6'. _[szu zi-ku5-ru-da] ba-usz2_
7'. [...] _te#?_ [x]
8'. [...] x [x x]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P398166

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number K 09523

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.9523
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo) Q007687
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P398166
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-9523

References

  • primary: BAM 5, 455

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-04-03 at 10:01:18 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:28 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-11 at 13:37:32 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-16 at 02:16:21 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 5, 455 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398166.
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (No. P398166). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 5, 455 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398166.
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (No. P398166). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P398166
LB  - CDLI:P398166
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - BAM 5, 455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P398166
ER  -
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